New Talkbacks With Dr. Ruth And Tovah Feldshuh Added At BECOMING DR. RUTH

Six-time Tony- and Emmy-nominated actor Tovah Feldshuh has returned to the stage in New York City after eight years this month in the tour-de-force theatrical show, Becoming Dr. Ruth. The one-woman show, written by Mark St. Germain, follows a sold-out run at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor this summer and is presented Off-Broadway at Edmond J. Safra Hall at the Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

The limited-run show will begin previews on Saturday, December 4 and opens Thursday, December 16 through Sunday, January 2, 2022, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage's newly renovated, state-of-the-art theater in Battery Park City.

Due to the popularity of two performances followed by onstage talkbacks with Dr. Ruth Westheimer and Tovah Feldshuh on December 4 and December 8, the Museum has added two more post-show talkbacks after 7:00 PM performances on December 15 and December 22.

Tickets - starting at $59 - are now on sale at mjhnyc.org. The production-presented on the same stage as National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's smash hit Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish-will have a runtime of 90 minutes with no intermission and be performed in compliance with current New York State health and safety requirements for indoor performances.

The event marks Tovah's return to the stage in New York City since she starred in Pippin and comes on the heels of her acclaimed performance as noted sexologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Becoming Dr. Ruth, which Bay Street Theater presented in association with North Coast Repertory Theatre as one of the first professional live theatrical productions since the pandemic began.

Jack Kliger, President and CEO of the Museum, said, "We are excited to welcome audiences back for the first live theatrical production since we upgraded our theater with new lighting, sound, and other technological improvements to provide a stellar experience. Audiences are in for a treat when Tovah returns to the stage in New York City after eight years as the inimitable Dr. Ruth Westheimer. This is a performance not to be missed!"

"Bay Street Theater was thrilled to produce a sold-out run in the Hamptons this past summer, and we can't wait for New York City audiences to witness this tour de force performance by Tovah Feldshuh," said Tracy Mitchell, Executive Director, Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center of the Arts.

"Playwright Mark St. Germain captures Ruth's journey magnificently," said Tovah Feldshuh, "and I am overjoyed to be reunited once again with the gifted and remarkable Scott Schwartz who directed me in Golda's Balcony. Becoming Dr. Ruth is our fourth collaboration, and our work together feels like coming home as we joyously bring this production to the Museum of Jewish Heritage."

Directed by Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director Scott Schwartz, Becoming Dr. Ruth chronicles the life of noted psychologist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, from her early years fleeing Nazi Germany, living as an orphan in Switzerland, to her service in the Israeli armed forces as a sharpshooter, and her later life and career in New York. Becoming Dr. Ruth is a humorous and heartfelt portrait detailing Dr. Ruth's remarkable journey against so many odds to become a pioneer in the psychology of human sexuality and the world's most famous sex therapist.

Becoming Dr. Ruth reunites Feldshuh and Schwartz in New York for the first time since their major success with Golda's Balcony-which became the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history.